The Empire of XUIP is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, ritual sacrifices, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 336 million XUIPians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Industry, Administration, and Law & Order also on the agenda, while Social Policy and Spirituality receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.6%.

The all-consuming XUIPian economy, worth 27.9 trillion Душаs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Retail. Average income is 82,980 Душаs, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 633,719 per year while the poor average 2,972, a ratio of 213 to 1.

The nation's weary schoolchildren excel at sport but must count scores on their fingers, the Ворон has a hungry look, neighbourhood gossips whip up controversy about those receiving adult merchandise, and anti-government demagogues have a devil of a time evading authorities. Crime is a major problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. XUIP's national animal is the Ворон, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

XUIP is ranked 290,931^st in the world and 189^th in Hell for Lowest Crime Rates, with 34.97 law-abiding acts per hour.